This online continuing education course with exam supports the
initiative in the athletic training profession to integrate the best new
research and evidence into clinical decision making with the goal of
improving patient outcomes.

IJATT Part I: Evidence-Based Practice Online CE Course supports the initiative in the athletic training profession to integrate the best new research and evidence into clinical decision making with the goal of improving patient outcomes. Certified athletic trainers completing this course may earn continuing education units to apply toward the newly required evidence-based practice category to maintain their certification.

This online continuing education course consists of a collection of five evidence-based articles originally published in the International Journal of Athletic Therapy & Training (IJATT). Notable authors such as David O. Draper and Kenneth L. Knight cover topics such asacute wound management, ACL-reconstruction autografts, and diagnosis of infectious meningitis. The articles are followed by an online exam containing 55 questions. Upon passing the exam, you may print out and submit a certificate for continuing education credits.

Evidence-based practice is becoming the standard for all allied health professionals. The articles in this online course introduce athletic trainers to the concept of seeking out and evaluating relevant research so they may apply it to their daily practice to aid their athletes.

The articles in this online course package were compiled by the editors
in chief of the International Journal of Athletic Therapy & Training.

Jennifer M. Medina McKeon, PhD, ATC, CSCS, is an assistant
professor in the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance at
Ithaca College in New York. Her academic and research interests include
functional anatomy and pathoanatomy, biomechanics, sport injury
epidemiology and time-to-event analysis, evidence-based practice,
and clinical analysis of risk factors associated with lower-extremity
injury. She has received funding from the National Institutes of Health
and has presented her research at the local, national, and international
levels.

Patrick O. McKeon, PhD, ATC, CSCS, is a BOC-certified athletic
trainer who joined the Ithaca College athletic training faculty in 2013.
McKeon’s research focuses on functional alterations associated with
lower-extremity joint injury, specifically ankle instability. He
incorporates patient-, clinician-, and laboratory-oriented outcomes to
evaluate these alterations due to injury and rehabilitation. McKeon
seeks to develop a greater understanding of the restoration of
sensorimotor function associated with musculoskeletal rehabilitation.